Helping each other with countless me.

Chapter 499 The Forging of a Territory
By killing the feng shui master's son, Li Zhongren naturally absorbed his memories and obtained the inheritance he had longed for.

For example, the Liu family's feng shui secrets.

For example, the Liu family's secret technique for refining corpses.

These two complement each other. The feng shui secret technique is like an array, which can make a flying corpse that takes a thousand years to complete complete in twenty years. Of course, the secret technique also clearly records that this shortcut requires undergoing tribulation.

Without a doubt, he himself was his calamity.

Moreover, combining these memories, Li Zhongren was shocked to discover that the incident in which Ren Fa's father snatched the Dragonfly Touching Water Cave was very likely a deliberate scheme orchestrated by that feng shui master.

Because the other party attacked first and was in the wrong, once he died, his son was able to pass his first tribulation.

He wanted to find the other person, but given the circumstances, if the restaurant owner hadn't made the first move, he probably wouldn't have killed him.

Instead, they let the other person leave.

Having left with a zombie who could fight him head-on, the restaurant owner, Liu Cheng, was one of those who achieved enlightenment in a single day, and immediately became a prominent figure in this land.

Unfortunately, he was unable to control his greed.

His father used his own life to orchestrate a plan so that the ordeal could be overcome.

But his son completely forgot this.

As a result, he died and his cultivation dissipated.
This should be the roulette wheel from the post-zombie era.

Then, Li Zhongren looked at the roulette wheel.

In the original story, after the Dharma-ending Age, this thing ended up in the hands of Chen You's descendants.

They are descendants of Master Simu.

However, at that time, with the decline of spiritual energy, demons and monsters could no longer be seen except in some remote corners.

If you say so.

This feng shui master ultimately fell victim to the Maoshan sect, and it's highly likely that the one who made the move was Master Four Eyes.

Both of them were involved in corpse driving and corpse refining.

Are competitors enemies?
"Good stuff, really good stuff."

Li Zhongren stroked the blood-stained array plate.

It can set up a barrier, rotate the five elements, and the final high temperature, like the surface of the sun, lasts for more than a minute.

Although the price was sacrificing one of his own arms.

But how many people in this world can actually get through it?

He was able to pull through because he had an external advantage: he had accumulated enough vital energy and blood within his body.

This vital energy, transformed into protective qi, was merely used to fight and exhaust the opponent.

But that's it.

If the other party comes again, I will have to use my trump card to save my life.

So, this thing can be kept.

However, it cannot be used as crudely as the Liu family.

On the contrary, if this array plate is modified well, it can be used as the core of the array, becoming the main base for protecting the family.

Renjia Village had already become his private domain.

The place where he later rose to prominence.

However, his cheat code also forces him to travel all over the country to devour and kill.

Therefore, the array plate became a useful tool for protecting the family.

After he leaves, as long as Ren Tingting stays within the range of the formation, she will be almost safe.

Even if there is one, it's still possible to hold out in Uncle Nine's dojo until he comes to rescue us.
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"Time is also fate."

Lin Jiu sat in a solid wood armchair, looking at the array plate in front of him, and couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

"However, I can do what Fellow Daoist Li mentioned, but..."

What Lin Jiu was referring to was naturally the matter of using the array plate as the array core to set up an array to protect Ren Tingting.

There are two difficulties.

Uncle Jiu, please speak.

"The first one, naturally, is spiritual energy."

"Formations are like rickshaws; they need oil."

"Renjia Village faces south and is considered a feng shui treasure land, but it is not enough to set up the barrier you mentioned."

"Secondly, setting up an array means becoming familiar with it. If I were to do it, the array would be useless to me."

"Haha, Uncle Jiu, look at what you're saying. You're a top disciple of Maoshan, and you'll be enjoying a life of luxury in the underworld in the future. Why would you care about our pittance?"

Li Zhongren laughed heartily, but Lin Jiu found his words quite comforting because they were true. Cultivation is all about achieving immortality. In this degenerate age, working in the underworld and avoiding trouble is a form of immortality. Compared to immortality, what are worldly riches and honors?

"As for energy, Uncle Jiu, don't worry, I'll take care of that."

The method Li Zhongren mentioned was naturally the Liu family's feng shui secrets.

If the Dragonfly Skimming Water Cave can be modified, then the feng shui of Renjia Village can be modified as well.

To put it simply, spiritual energy is like sunlight.

The formation is like a water heater.

The source of energy is solar panels.

If the solar panels aren't big enough, just install more of them.

Of course, altering the earth's veins comes at a price.

It shortens one's lifespan.

That is to say, it requires the expenditure of vital essence.

Why did Liu Cheng's father die young?
It just consumed too much of my essence and blood.

However, for Li Zhongren...

Essence blood? I can have as much of that stuff as I want.

So Li Zhongren didn't hide anything and told them about how he had seized the other party's feng shui secrets.

Naturally, Uncle Nine began to cooperate with Li Zhongren.

Within the town, renovations were carried out with the assistance of Ren Tingting, who selected the site and oversaw the construction. One house after another was built, and the Ren family's wealth naturally flowed out like water. If one were to look down from the sky at this moment, the newly built structures, when combined, would resemble a giant array plate.

It's practically an alternate world version of Land Forging.

It can be said that Ren Tingting practically gave away all her family's wealth, transforming the entire Renjia Village into a giant array.

The other uncles and elders of the Ren family watched in disbelief, but none of them dared to challenge them.

In fact, this did not affect the Ren family's business at all.

After the feng shui of "dragonfly skimming the water" was broken, coupled with Li Zhongren's fighting prowess, the Ren family's business actually prospered even more.

Of course, the businesses in the town are all small businesses; restaurants and teahouses can make money, but not big money.

The biggest source of wealth for the Ren family, which is Ren Tingting's branch, is actually the timber business.

Thanks to the feng shui of Renjia Village, the timber in the nearby woodlands grows exceptionally well.

However, due to the interference of ancestral grave feng shui in recent years, I always encounter various problems when doing business outside.

Now, burial sites have simply disappeared.

The problem then disappeared.

With Li Zhongren in charge, what kind of monsters and scoundrels wouldn't dare to interfere with other people's business?

After all, Ren Tingting directly married herself to Li Zhongren. Whether from a magical or legal perspective, it is perfectly justified for Li Zhongren to use his supernatural powers to protect this timber business. No one can find fault with that. If you are not satisfied, you can also find a superhuman to marry.

Lin Jiu was busy. Li Zhongren wasn't resting either; in fact, he was even more exhausted.

They lived a life of hardship, eating in the wind and sleeping in the open.

But it was all for his women and his business.

After all, he intends to establish his family here.

If he doesn't take good care of a virtuous wife like Ren Tingting, then there's something wrong with him.

During this period, centered on Renjia Village, he traveled all over the surrounding area within a hundred miles, using the feng shui secrets he had learned to sort out the earth's veins.

This process is like playing with building blocks, constantly piecing together all the individual blocks.

At the same time, Li Zhongren also learned why this process required blood essence.

Actually, the reason is quite simple.

Earth veins are all buried deep underground.

You want to activate the earth's veins and resonate with the other person.

Either dig deeper until you reach that node, then you won't need to expend any essence or blood.

However, just think about it, what a massive undertaking this would be. Not to mention this era, even in the 21st century, probably only those at the level of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council would have the money to do this.

Then, the only option is to expend one's essence and blood.

The so-called essence blood is a small array set up directly above the earth's veins, using blood as a guide. This array causes the earth's veins to resonate and changes the direction of spiritual energy flow.

Actually, you can also use someone else's blood essence.

However, this is just like being a demonic cultivator.

In this world, even though gods and Buddhas are not out in the open.

However, karma truly exists.

The Liu family lives nearby.

The one in the middle is Lin Jiu. His taking in those two unlucky disciples was perhaps to repay some kind of karma. As for what kind of karma, only Lin Jiu himself probably knows.

Further away is Shi Jian, whose own son is the one who suffers the calamity.

Therefore, he naturally wouldn't dare to do anything reckless, and he wasn't the kind of person who would kill innocent people indiscriminately.

Of course, most importantly, how could the blood of those slutty and cheap women possibly be as good as his essence?
Using his essence and blood to dredge the earth's veins is extremely efficient and accurate.

In fact, the earth veins of the entire Renjia Village are now like a giant spider web, spreading outwards for nearly a hundred miles from the village. The spiritual energy in the surrounding area, guided by the earth veins, is as if being drawn into a vacuum and converging towards Renjia Village.

This directly increased the concentration of spiritual energy in Renjia Village by several levels.

In fact, this is also why Lin Jiu was willing to support Li Zhongren.

Although Li Zhongren's actions will make Renjia Village as impenetrable as a rock, his Taoist temple will also benefit. As for the division of power, that's a joke. He's going to be a person in the underworld in the future, why would he care about a mere Taoist temple?

Once he dies, he can have five hundred such temples!
Another point is that Lin Jiu himself is not sensitive to power.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have given up competing with Shi Jian for the next head of the outer sect. Back then, Shi Jian wasn't a Grand Mage yet, so they were evenly matched.

"Hu~~"

A biting wind blew towards Renjia Village.

To the average person, the wind seemed strange, as if it blew from all directions, yet it felt comfortable.

But in Lin Jiu's eyes, this was indeed spiritual energy, a massive amount of spiritual energy.

Clearly, Fellow Daoist Li has completed the sorting out of the earth's veins.

With the current concentration of spiritual energy, maintaining that formation is more than enough.

"That's inhuman."

Not long after, Lin Jiu spotted Li Zhongren.

Under his divine eye, he could clearly see that the other party did not harbor any resentment whatsoever.

It was obvious that the other party had not used the essence of humans, or even livestock; they had used their own essence.

Such a massive process must have required an immense amount of energy and effort.
If it were him, even ten of himself would be drained dry.
"Uncle Jiu, everything is ready here. I'll leave the rest to you."

"it is good."

Without wasting any words, Lin Jiu led Li Zhongren directly to the newly built Ren family mansion.

Because of Ren Tingting's experience studying abroad, this brand-new Ren family mansion is no longer a traditional courtyard house, but a villa similar to a Western style.

In the very center is a huge villa, surrounded by other houses. On the outermost edge is a fortified wall, with one layer surrounding another, for a total of three layers.

Normally, such a renovation would take ordinary workers two or three years to complete.

However, the entire project was completed within a month, thanks to Ren Tingting's reckless spending.

The reason is also very simple.

The power of the array plate; the array plate itself is the rotation of the five elements.

Moreover, there is no pressure to kill, so things can proceed slowly. Under Uncle Nine's control, there's not even a need to prick one's fingertip.

Therefore, the entire Renjia Village, including this Western-style house, was built by Lin Jiu using the array plate to mobilize the power of the five elements and in cooperation with the laborers.

The basement of the villa.

In a huge room.

Everywhere you look, there are patterns carved with precious metals.

Ultimately, all the core elements converged on the array plate at the very center.

"Fellow Daoist Li."

Lin Jiu spoke up.

"The density of the earth veins you have analyzed far exceeds my expectations. Given the current environment, combined with this array plate, which is definitely from a major sect in ancient times, the Five Elements Rotation Array, it can cover an area of ​​hundreds of miles."

"Of course, the further out you go, the less control you have. The so-called 'hundred miles' is just to prevent someone from destroying the formation by damaging the earth veins."

"As long as the array plate is not destroyed, no one can damage the earth veins within a hundred miles."

"And within Renjia Village lies the space for the Five Elements Rotation Formation."

"When the five elements cycle, the final fire will be enough to burn away all evil spirits."

"Of course, the price is that the ground will be empty for a period of time and will need to recover."

“And even without fully activating the formation, we can still monitor and record every corner of Renjia Village using it. Well, except for my mortuary.”

"what"

Upon hearing this, Li Zhongren smiled, but it was only right.

"However, Ninth Uncle, I can do it, but Tingting doesn't know any magic..."

"Don't worry, the spiritual energy you provided is more than enough. Therefore, I can craft a magical mirror for Madam Li. With this mirror, Madam Li can see what is happening anywhere in Renjia Village, and she can look back up to a month. At that time, she will only need to operate it simply."

"As for encountering threats."

"Once the formation is established, any extraordinary individuals who come to Renjia Village will be automatically detected and bound by the formation. I will handle the situation accordingly, after all, this is also my training ground."

"Finally, only you, fellow Daoist, can truly and completely control the array plate."

"In that case, I'll have to trouble you, Uncle Jiu. In the future, our two families should visit each other more often, for harmony brings more benefits."

Li Zhongren, holding Ren Tingting's hand, looked at the array plate and sighed.

"It should."

Lin Jiu nodded with a smile. Ren Tingting had already done this before, either giving him money or providing him with various treasures for cultivation. Compared to her stingy father, she was incredibly generous.

Having such a virtuous wife is wonderful.

It is likely that an extraordinary family will rise in Renjia Village in the future, and with Li Zhongren's abilities, this family will last for a hundred years without any problem.

(End of this chapter)